Need HELP!!!! EVGA 730i Raid 5

[nownot]

I have a evga 730i and 3 x seagate 1.5 tb and I'm trying to do raid 5. I go in the bios set the sata controller to raid, set up the array, build it and it looks good. I can reboot and it verifies the array good etc ... The problem is when I go into windows 7 and setup the partition I gpt and format to ntfs, on next reboot the bios says that the array is degraded, I've tested and this only happens after I do the format. Win 7 will still read 2.7 tb but I'm not sure if its gettng all the drives. I'm thinking of doing a software raid in win 7 but not sure, what will happen when its time to install for real and i have to format? Will I be able to reinitialize the array? 3 tb's is alot to loose so if you have a comment please be sure, id hate in august to loose all my stuff ... but please do comment, I need help / feedback / anything I'm lost and frustrated.

 

[Shmee]

kinda a cheap motherboard for raid, especially raid5. if you wanted raid 5, should get a quality controller, meaning not on a motherboard as a minimum. plus, are these seagates the desktop drives? for raid 5, you should be using the enterprise ES series.

why do you want raid 5 anyways?

 

[aka1nas]

You can't do software RAID 1 or 5 on client versions of Windows.

 

[SEAL62505]

Originally posted by: aka1nas
You can't do software RAID 1 or 5 on client versions of Windows.

Huh? I am no expert, but maybe you meant something different than what I am thinking. I run raid 1 on a p35 chipset in windows vista without issue. This is using seagate desktop drives.

 

[aka1nas]

Originally posted by: RuffRyder1672

Originally posted by: aka1nas
You can't do software RAID 1 or 5 on client versions of Windows.

Huh? I am no expert, but maybe you meant something different than what I am thinking. I run raid 1 on a p35 chipset in windows vista without issue. This is using seagate desktop drives.

You're using onboard RAID then, not software RAID. I am referring to his stated desire to do software RAID on windows 7.

 

[SEAL62505]

gotcha. I knew I was missing something.

 

[nownot]

i just went back to vista and running the raid w/out problem, even using nvidia media thing for storage devices. windows 7 was so nice but being in beta its just not there yet.